INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORY

A memory includes: a memory array; a nonvolatile memory circuit suitable for storing a plurality of data sets each including flag information and multi-bit data; a plurality of repair register sets suitable for receiving and storing the multi-bit data included in the data sets whose flag information is marked for repair among the data sets during a boot-up operation; a plurality of setting register sets suitable for storing setting information included in the data sets whose flag information is marked for setting among the data sets during the boot-up operation; and a repair circuit suitable for repairing a defect in the memory array based on the multi-bit data stored in the repair register sets.